GENEVA, Switzerland – Zannah Mustapha, Efi Latsoudi, the Hellenic Rescue Team and Aqueela Asifi. These are not household names, but ‘unsung heroes’ who have devoted their lives to supporting people forcibly uprooted from their homes. Their tireless efforts have continued throughout the years, quietly and under the radar, with limited resources. They were driven to continue only by their personal determination to the cause of displacement.

They are the most recent winners of UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award. A prestigious humanitarian honor with a US$ 150,000 cash prize donated by the governments of Norway and Switzerland. Each laureate has since invested the funding into projects which enable them to continue their life-saving efforts long into the future.

Do you know an individual or group making a difference to the lives of refugees, internally displaced and stateless people? Winning the Nansen Refugee Award provides an incredible opportunity to raise the profile of the winner’s work and the humanitarian context they operate in.